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Bobby
Cox		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 21, 1941 in Usa, OK, TULSA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 27 TAM AL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1969 28 TAM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1970 29 TAM AL     7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6
1971 30 TAM AL     7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1973 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1974 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
1975 34 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1976 35 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
1977 36 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1978 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 27 AAA   37 124 16 31 9 0 6 16 2 1 12 24 .250 .316 .468 .784 18.3  
    AA   27 107 23 38 6 0 6 14 2 0 19 13 .355 .452 .579 1.032 26.2  
    A   53 190 40 65 10 0 8 24 2 0 49 31 .342 .477 .521 .998 47.2  
1969 28 AAA   137 550 85 161 17 1 20 86 1 0 65 84 .293 .367 .436 .804 88.5  
1970 29 AAA   136 539 88 163 11 5 19 74 2 1 71 97 .302 .384 .447 .831 92.6  
1971 30 AAA   118 414 79 134 11 1 18 68 1 0 41 61 .324 .385 .486 .870 74.1  
1972 31 OAK AL 39 72 8 21 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 14 .292 .354 .347 .702 9.2 1.5
    AAA   52 230 37 65 11 1 6 27 1 0 34 28 .283 .375 .417 .792 37.0  
    AA   54 213 32 65 6 1 5 28 0 0 27 24 .305 .383 .413 .796 34.0  
1973 32 OAK AL 151 573 77 159 22 2 7 66 1 0 53 81 .277 .340 .360 .699 66.8 10.3
1974 33 OAK AL 127 376 43 105 9 1 3 36 1 0 31 63 .279 .343 .332 .675 42.1 5.4
1975 34 OAK AL 126 335 36 83 8 4 4 38 0 1 27 62 .248 .306 .331 .637 33.1 3.4
1976 35 OAK AL 106 286 34 73 10 3 1 28 3 0 34 38 .255 .343 .322 .664 34.3 5.0
1977 36 OAK AL 98 254 27 66 6 1 4 29 0 0 21 60 .260 .318 .339 .656 26.5 3.0
1978 37 OAK AL 21 52 4 13 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 8 .250 .291 .269 .560 4.3 0.6
    AAA   112 429 40 127 19 0 7 49 1 1 35 69 .296 .349 .389 .738 57.0  
7 Years Sim 668 1948 229 520 60 11 19 204 6 1 175 326 .267 .331 .338 .670 216.3 29.3
6 Years AAA 592 2286 345 681 78 8 76 320 8 3 258 363 .298 .374 .439 .813 367.5  
2 Years AA 81 320 55 103 12 1 11 42 2 0 46 37 .322 .409 .469 .878 60.2  
1 Years A 53 190 40 65 10 0 8 24 2 0 49 31 .342 .481 .521 1.003 47.2  
9 Years Minors 726 2796 440 849 100 9 95 386 12 3 353 431 .304 .386 .448 .834 475.0  
162 Game Average 472 55 126 14 2 4 49 1 0 42 79 .267 .331 .338 .670 52.5  
Career Highs 151 573 77 159 22 4 7 66 3 1 53 81 .292 .354 .360 .702 66.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1320 155 337 39 6 11 122 3 1 103 229 .255 .313 .319 .632 131.5
vs LH   628 74 183 21 5 8 82 3 0 72 97 .291 .368 .379 .747 88.6
Home 314 937 94 246 19 3 8 94 2 0 79 172 .263 .324 .315 .638 97.2
Away 354 1011 135 274 41 8 11 110 4 1 96 154 .271 .339 .360 .699 123.0
RISP   482 0 121 17 4 4 178 0 0 47 66 .251 .322 .328 .649 51.5
Pinch Hitting   48 6 9 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 6 .188 .231 .188 .418 1.4
Close/Late   238 21 59 5 0 2 20 0 0 29 38 .248 .339 .294 .634 25.2
Mar/Apr 125 368 33 97 10 1 2 39 2 1 27 69 .264 .320 .313 .633 36.3
May 107 336 47 99 5 1 7 41 1 0 32 52 .295 .358 .378 .736 46.0
June 110 351 39 86 11 4 4 29 0 0 27 66 .245 .303 .333 .636 35.1
July 93 252 36 74 13 3 0 36 1 0 26 35 .294 .365 .369 .734 33.4
August 115 309 38 81 8 1 4 35 2 0 36 50 .262 .339 .333 .672 37.3
Sep/Oct 118 332 36 83 13 1 2 24 0 0 27 54 .250 .313 .313 .626 32.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1972 31 OAK AL 3B 27 23 184.3 10 39 5 2 .907 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 8 0 18.3 7 12 1 6 .950 9.33 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 32 OAK AL 1B 104 104 861.0 1052 78 9 105 .992 11.81 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 43 42 365.3 31 101 2 11 .985 3.25 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 0 4.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 33 OAK AL 3B 73 67 559.7 34 152 12 19 .939 2.99 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 20 19 159.0 207 13 1 16 .995 12.45 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 9 3 50.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 9 0 26.0 8 12 0 1 1.000 6.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 9 0 19.3 2 12 0 2 1.000 6.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 2 19.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 34 OAK AL 3B 30 23 201.7 11 59 1 8 .986 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 34 20 195.7 57 93 4 26 .974 6.90 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 13 9 88.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 17 6 69.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 6 54.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 9 2 35.0 7 15 1 3 .957 5.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 35 OAK AL 1B 21 12 118.0 153 14 1 9 .994 12.74 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 16 11 117.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 16 11 106.0 6 30 3 0 .923 3.06 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 12 12 104.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 11 11 100.3 19 41 1 13 .984 5.38 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 19 8 100.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 10 1 31.0 9 6 0 1 1.000 4.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 36 OAK AL 3B 27 18 173.3 11 43 2 5 .964 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 20 15 135.0 164 15 2 17 .989 11.93 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 13 13 108.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 15 7 88.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 16 6 65.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.51 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 6 3 30.3 2 8 1 0 .909 2.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 2 17.0 9 1 1 0 .909 5.29 2 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 10.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 37 OAK AL 2B 19 17 133.0 33 58 1 15 .989 6.16 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 1 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 217 184 1593.3 103 424 25 45 .955 2.98 0 0 .000 0 4.3
  1B 167 150 1276.0 1583 120 13 148 .992 12.01 0 0 .000 0 2.9
  2B 80 41 420.0 109 178 6 43 .980 6.15 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  RF 41 36 320.0 71 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  CF 61 26 307.3 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  LF 50 21 254.0 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 44 13 192.0 39 85 3 25 .976 5.81 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  C 2 2 17.0 9 1 1 0 .909 5.29 2 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   662 473 4379.6 2027 809 48 261 .983 5.83 2 0 .000 0 12.7
Career Highs   155 146 1237.3 1089 189 13 117 .991 9.24 2 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 32 OAK AL 17 71 6 17 2 0 2 9 1 0 5 12 .239 .299 .352 .651
1976 35 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 18 72 6 17 2 0 2 9 1 0 5 13 .236 .295 .347 .642
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1973-7-128
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Glenn Beckert (961)
  2. Dick Schofield (959)
  3. Rafael Santana (957)
  4. Tommy Helms (957)
  5. Doc Farrell (957)
  6. Dave Concepcion (956)
  7. Dick Bartell (956)
  8. Ernest Riles (950)
  9. Les Mallon (948)
  10. Frank Malzone (947)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1968
Injured on 4/24/1969 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 4/24/1971 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 7/31/1972 (Going to TAM: 3B Rick Auerbach. Going to OAK: 2B Bobby Cox)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1972, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1973, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 10/14/1973
Injured on 3/9/1975 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 2 weeks
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1977: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
 
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